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Add a function to monitor transaction statistics in DFSMStvs

DFSMStvs will be part of the main IBM products at this integrated IBM client account, but there is a TVS enhancement that we want to have. We are asking IBM to implement a new TVS function to monitor transaction statistics. We want to have somethi...
over 8 years ago in z/OS / DFSMS VSAM/RLS 1 Future consideration

Allow volumes/devices to be marked online during LOADxx processing.

This may not be the correct component. Customer is requesting a process, possibly in the LOADxx member, that allows them to manipulate the status of I/O devices defined in the IODF dynamically at IPL time prior to their being needed. If the IODF m...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / BCP_IOS 0 Future consideration

Permit zOSMF Software Deployment to initialize online target volume

zOSMF Software Deployment's "initialize target volume?" option, when opted, demands the target volume be offline. This requires manual intervention in the deployment of a software instance before and after the ICKDSF/INIT job to vary the device of...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Future consideration

move ISFP variable storage from "below the line" to include "above the line"

the PL/I application gets S878 Abend when running in a stressed scenario, the problem determination documented in PMR 86996,999,000shows that ISPF runs out the below the line storage. The recommended solution is to request ISPF to implement an enh...
almost 11 years ago in z/OS / ISPF 3 Not under consideration

Initialize DLLs upon program startup

All global variable initialization should happen for all DLL's that are implicitly loaded in an application before 'main' is invoked.
over 4 years ago in z/OS / LE 0 Future consideration

Have z/OS C support -qascii options properly

Trying to use the -qascii compile option, facilities like printf print in ASCII on my TSO OMVS terminal - do not display the text properly - they display the stuff in ASCII. I have to do additional work to get this to work - Or issue the command p...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / LE 3 Not under consideration

CSSMTP NonDelNotifications without embedded message body

A user tried to send a message containing 84MB of data (several times, because he did not get any feed back). According to CSSMTP's design the original message of 84MB was included into the notification, which was denied by the target server becau...
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / Communications Server 0 Not under consideration

Improve CPE option to support GDPS planned events

JPMC has invested heavily into the GDPS product and utilize the site switch capabilities to adhere to FED and Audit regulations. Today we generate $0 MES orders to support the capacity requirements.
over 6 years ago in IBM Z and LinuxONE Systems Hardware / General/Miscellaneous 1 Future consideration

SMF record is written when ACCESS is unsuccessfull for JESJOBS Class

RACF drives an authorization check in the JESJOBS class for the resourcename SUBMIT<.execution node><.jobname><.user ID>. This is a LOG=NOFAIL REQUEST=AUTH, which means that if the submitting user is not authorized to this resour...
over 6 years ago in z/OS / RACF 4 Not under consideration

Enhance type 80s for failed ALTUSER commands

The type 80 event codes for failed ALTUSER commands should be enhanced so that I can tell for sure using SMF data why the ALTUSER command failed. Specifically:-Was ALTUSER failed because of SETROPTS?---Which specific SETROPTS rule failed the passw...
almost 9 years ago in z/OS / RACF 2 Not under consideration